# Where Startups in Japan Are Based: 2026 Map of 1,380 Companies

> Map of where 1,380 funded startups in Japan are based, city by city: Tokyo, Minato and Shibuya lead. $25B raised between them.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/geo-maps/where-japan-startups-are-based (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there.

## Leading cities

- Tokyo 417 $6.2B
- Minato 49 $1.2B
- Shibuya 49 $486M
- Osaka 23 $94M
- Fukuoka 19 $655M
- Chuo City 17 $180M
- Kyoto 17 $68M
- Minato City 16 $66M
- Chiyoda City 16 $97M
- Chiyoda 13 $1.6B
- Setagaya 13 $154M
- Chuo 13 $149M
- Shibuya City 11 $51M
- Shinjuku 10 $74M
- Nagoya 9 $36M

## By state or region

- Tokyo 649 $9.9B
- Wakayama 49 $1.2B
- Kanagawa 34 $236M
- Osaka 34 $148M
- Fukuoka 23 $666M
- Kyoto 19 $82M
- Ehime 14 $231M
- Chiba 12 $138M
- Aichi 11 $122M
- Hyogo 8 $26M
- Hokkaido 7 $29M
- Ibaraki 7 $16M

## Best-funded

- [**Rapidus** Japan · $2.6B](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapidus)
- [**Kyoto Fusioneering** Japan · $1.3B](https://millionrounds.com/company/kyoto-fusioneering)
- [**Kokusai Electric Corporation** Japan · $945M](https://millionrounds.com/company/kokusai-electric-corporation)
- [**Medlinker** Japan · $761M](https://millionrounds.com/company/medlinker)
- [**Lucid Software** Japan · $540M](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucid-software)
- [**M.Setek** Japan · $540M](https://millionrounds.com/company/m-setek)
- [**Metaplanet** Japan · $505M](https://millionrounds.com/company/metaplanet)
- [**Shizen Energy** Japan · $470M](https://millionrounds.com/company/shizen-energy)
- [**SmartNews** Japan · $457M](https://millionrounds.com/company/smartnews)
- [**Ispace Technologies** Japan · $447M](https://millionrounds.com/company/ispace-technologies)
- [**Pure Salmon Japan** Japan · $434M](https://millionrounds.com/company/pure-salmon-japan)
- [**MUJIN** Japan · $374M](https://millionrounds.com/company/mujin)

**How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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